Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-02 Thread Vinothan Shankar
Michael G Fletcher wrote: > Also, I never have to rebuild the library, i just put new music into > my music folder and it automatically updates the database. Ditto Songbird. Vinu -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/1 Michael G Fletcher : >  i've always just used rhythmbox, and it does not re-arrange any of > the actual files as >  far as I know. > Banshee can also do this, although it's not the default behaviour. Just go to Edit->preferences and there's an option to _not_ move the data when importing.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Michael G Fletcher wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Alan Pope wrote: >> 2009/7/1 Rowan : >>> Sorry - for 'Internet Explorer' read 'Windows Explorer,' which is the >>> file browser in Windows. I forgot to mention that all these music >>> players 'populate' the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/1 Rowan : > Sorry - for 'Internet Explorer' read 'Windows Explorer,' which is the > file browser in Windows. I forgot to mention that all these music > players 'populate' their 'libraries' from the tags rather than the > titles on the audio files, which is why one needs a re-tagger and a lot

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Rowan
I wrote: > One reason is that the 'music libraries' that these players create are > not auto-updating, nor can you simply add new items to them as you add > them to your files: you have to 're-populate' them from scratch > everytime you add anything, if you wahnt it listed. This is a 'known > i

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Rowan
Michael G Fletcher wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Rowan wrote: > >> -- So, in fact, all these players will open and play MP3 files, or whole MP3 >> folders (i.e. albums), straight from the Nautilus file >browser, if you >> right-click and select that -- even if you prevent them f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Rowan wrote: > -- So, in fact, all these players will open and play MP3 files, or whole MP3 > folders (i.e. albums), straight from the Nautilus file >browser, if you > right-click and select that -- even if you prevent them from 'populating' > their own 'librarie

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Rowan
mac wrote: > Rowan wrote: >> Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will >> play MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files, without the >> necessity of compiling its own library first? >You can simply play any old MP3 file with Totem, Rhythmbox, VLC media player >or wha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread mac
Alan Pope wrote: > Ah yes, looks like I misunderstood the term "compile" :) > > Sorry. Hacker! ;-) mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread alan c
Rowan wrote: > Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will play > MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files yes, just right click on the file and choose the default player offered, or make use of the next choice in the drop down list and choose another player. Note th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Lucy
2009/7/1 Rowan : > Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will play > MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files, without the necessity > of compiling its own library first? Since Ubuntu's own files and folders > catalogs are self-updating, as are those of Windows Explore

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/1 mac : > Alan Pope wrote: >> 2009/7/1 Rowan : >>> Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will >>> play MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files, without the >>> necessity of compiling its own library first? >> >> Yes, all of them. >> ...Simply navigate to a fold

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-07-01 Thread mac
Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/7/1 Rowan : >> Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will >> play MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files, without the >> necessity of compiling its own library first? > > Yes, all of them. > ...Simply navigate to a folder containing MP3 files

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-06-30 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/1 Rowan : > Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will play > MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files, without the necessity > of compiling its own library first? Yes, all of them. You don't need to _compile_ anything to play MP3s on Ubuntu. Simply navigate t

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu mp3 players, again

2009-06-30 Thread Rowan
Dear all: is anyone aware of an MP3 player for Ubuntu which will play MP3 audio files directly from Ubuntu's own files, without the necessity of compiling its own library first? Since Ubuntu's own files and folders catalogs are self-updating, as are those of Windows Explorer, this would save th